2013 Spring Turkey
May 14, 2013
I’ts hard to believe Spring turkey season will soon be over in Idaho. My dad and I started it off with lots of action and dad was able to bring home the bird in the first week of the season… it was another pricless time spent with my dad in the woods! The second week [...]
Silence – Paves Ways for Memories
April 30, 2013
Today was a most interesting day. Most probably the quietest day of my life. It started this morning at 6:30 AM when I felt Sue reach over the top of me and turn off the alarm. I asked her if the alarm had gone off and she said something and nodded her head. I immediately [...]
If Hunting Was Like Baseball
April 4, 2013
The 2009 Seattle Mariners bounced back from a 101 loss season in 2008 to win 85 games and remain relevant in playoff discussion until September. 2009 also coincided with General Manager Jack Zduriencik’s first year on the job, and many Seattle fans saw him as the best thing to hit their town since Grunge Starbucks [...]
A Chip and A Chair – My 2012 Deer Hunt Part 3
March 11, 2013
After a short lunch break we decided to relocate since we had surely spooked any game close by. It was late in the morning but I really wanted to hustle back up to “the point” to catch anything still moving around. It is a great vantage point to sit and glass from all day. You have [...]
A Chip and A Chair – My 2012 Deer Hunt Part 2
March 7, 2013
A week and a half had passed since opening day before I was able to escape back to the mountains in search of a mule deer buck. Eager was an understatement as opening day really had me excited about exploring this new area. With 3 full days of work and school off, I liked our [...]
A Chip and A Chair – My 2012 Deer Hunt Part 1
March 4, 2013
As I watched the news everyday during the summer months of 2012, I knew the inevitable was coming. The talk of the scorching wild fires in the heart of the largest game management unit in Idaho had me crossing my fingers for some unlikely July and August rain. The forest service’s fire boundary monitoring page [...]
Does Venison Make Financial Sense?
February 28, 2013
I was young, newly married, and stupid, but please don’t draw connections between those three concurrent descriptions, as I’d like to one day be old, longtime married, and, well – I’ll settle for 2 out of 3. But the incident in question did happen when I was new to having in-laws and being an adult. We were [...]
2012 Idaho Mountain Whitetail
January 30, 2013
We’ve become addicted to hunting whitetail in the mountains… these silent ghosts of the deep woods weave a magical spell. Add the haunting howls of wolves, old growth timber with it’s hanging moss swaying and the towering giant moose materializing from swirling mist… This atmosphere of mystery draws you back year after year…
End of September – Close of The 2012 Archery Season
January 10, 2013
The last few days of the season were approaching and we hadn’t been able to get out much since our three day hunt on Labor day week-end. We decided it was time to drop everything and head for the mountains… We felt like our opportunities would be good higher up the mountain, so we loaded [...]
Was it Really That Bad?
December 8, 2012
The telephone rang, so as the taxidermist answered it, Sue and I wondered off to view some of his work. It’s a bad habit of mine to try listen to multiple conversations at once, which is surprising for someone who struggles with one conversation at a time. But as [...]
